Imelda May has paid tribute to her dog Alfie and revealed that the pet saved her daughter’s life when she was a newborn. The Irish singer-songwriter, 45, said the dog, who died on May 9 aged 13, alerted her when her daughter pulled a plastic bag over her face.
Alfie, who toured with May and was beloved by stars including Jools Holland and Terry Wogan, kept whimpering until she ran to find her child unable to breathe.
Speaking days after Alfie’s death, May told the PA news agency: “He saved my daughter’s life when she was a newborn. “She had pulled a plastic bag on to her face and he would not stop – like Lassie – getting me, running back and forward, whimpering until I followed him and I saw the plastic bag over her face. “I do owe him a